http://traviscallison.com Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://traviscallison.com/music/#comment-59 fasterbarnacle » Blog Archive » the best albums of 2009 (so far) Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:06:25 +0000 http://traviscallison.com/music/#comment-59 [...] For good or for bad, a lot of contemporary pop music is either somewhat saccharine or filled with angst.  And while obviously I don’t have a problem with either, Free is neither of these things.  Blending elements of hip-hop, electro, soul and the best elements of modern folk, Travis Callison isn’t entirely creating new sonic landscapes, but rather new messages… and that, in its ambition alone, makes this record exciting.  Callison’s guitar playing certainly owes much to Hendrix, but only in the way hip-hop owes something to jazz — definitely worth checking out.  Download it for… well… free here. [...] [...] For good or for bad, a lot of contemporary pop music is either somewhat saccharine or filled with angst.  And while obviously I don’t have a problem with either, Free is neither of these things.  Blending elements of hip-hop, electro, soul and the best elements of modern folk, Travis Callison isn’t entirely creating new sonic landscapes, but rather new messages… and that, in its ambition alone, makes this record exciting.  Callison’s guitar playing certainly owes much to Hendrix, but only in the way hip-hop owes something to jazz — definitely worth checking out.  Download it for… well… free here. [...]

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